Mud slide on Lanzarote
The clean up is continuing in Lanzarote, with this post highlighting the problem in Arrecife, a port city on the east coast of the island.
‘Come to Lanzarote they said …’
Footage continues to circulate on social media highlighting the extent of the damage and chaos over the past few days.
Here’s a post from @jeffgreen197:
Wheelie wet
This post captures the moment a wheelie bin floated down a main street following the severe flooding on Lanzarote.
In pictures – Lanzarote storm
Here are some of the latest pictures coming in via the wires following the storm on the island:
Cars stranded on flooded roads
Dramatic footage circulating on social media has revealed the extent of the damage after a large surge of floodwater flowed rapidly under a bridge, leaving cars stranded on flooded roads.
The Canaries are particularly vulnerable to floods when hit with intense rain, as their dry climate and volcanic rock mean the ground does not absorb large volumes of water well.
‘Great quantity of mud left behind’
The head of Lanzarote’s emergency services told local media some homes had been submerged, with floodwaters leaving behind a “great quantity of mud”.
“We have been working all night, attending 300 calls overnight, many of them in Arrecife and Teguise,” Enrique Espinosa said on Sunday.
Emergency services attended more than 150 incidents in Costa Teguise and in excess of 70 in Arrecife, local media reports.
The area of San Bartolomé was badly hit, according to Lanzarote’s government.
